25 Dalhowan Street, Crosshill is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.
25 Dalhowan Street, Crosshill
- WRENN ID
- vacant-rotunda-grain
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NS 326 064
- Coordinates
- 55.32384, -4.63892
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a continuous row of mostly three-bay cottages along the west side of Dalhowan Street in Crosshill. The cottages date primarily from the early 19th century and were originally planned as a weaver's village, many of the weavers having come from Ireland. They are predominantly single-storey, though some have dormers or attics and are two-storeys high. The cottages are built of painted rubble with contrasting margins, with some raised.
The windows vary; some are timber sash and case, while others are more recent replacements. The roofs are covered with grey slates, and there are gable and ridge stacks, some of which are raised with skews.
The row is striking and unusual due to its continuous nature and the preservation of its original external appearance, adding significantly to the streetscape. Several of the cottages are asymmetrical, featuring two windows on one side of the entrance door and one on the other, a feature reflecting the original weaving rooms which would have housed two looms. Crosshill is described in architectural surveys as the least altered example of a weaver's village in Ayrshire. Number 83 Dalhowan Terrace was constructed in 2004 and is a more recent addition. The original listing covered numbers 15 to 91 (odd numbers only).
Local climate
25 Dalhowan Street, Crosshill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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